The Garden produces a good portion of our food for the winter. I used to go grocery shopping every 2 weeks while my husband was in the Army, ALWAYS. He got paid and we went grocery shopping. It became a habit. A habit that still happened for a long while after he retired and after we moved to our farm. We grew lots of vegetables and i learned to can. But I didn't preserve everything, and things went to waste. Sometimes they still do. I wanted to grow everything organically. I'm here to tell ya, that is a hard thing. But I haven't given up, our health is at stake when it comes to this. I am a firm believer that eating processed foods and foods grown using herbicides and pesticides are harmful to our bodies.
It took us a few tries to figure out what was going to work and what wasn't. All those organic things help to control insects, things like neem oil, and diatomaceous earth, they help some, but you really have to stay consistent. I am not always consistent. There is not enough of me to do it all. So, I let the bugs have their share.
And some of the vegetables come on so fast and abundant that we can't eat it all that fast. And it was stuff that I was not able to preserve. Things like lettuce, for instance, has to be eaten or fed to the animals. The chickens chase me down to see what I have for them during garden season.
Over the years I've learned to preserve foods using several different methods. I've learned water bath canning, pressure canning, freezing, dehydrating, and fermenting. I will begin to discuss the different methods as I go along. But bare in mind that I am far from a professional. I learn new things everyday. So again, do your research. I am here to inspire you to grow and try!
My mom used to say to us kids," Can't never did anything."
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